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Re: wreck-MILW 1982 more questions

Author: trainjunkie

Date: 01-20-2010 - 09:39

The records in the various the FRA/DOT incident databases are definitely not complete but when I was searching through them for some WP stuff, I noticed that the WP reports were cataloged under WP's successor, UP. You might try looking under the Soo or even CP. Where exactly are you looking? I used these resources:

http://ntl1.specialcollection.net/scripts/ws.dll?websearch&site=dot_railroads

http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Query/incabbr.aspx

One fairly serious incident that I knew occurred had very little information available through the web inquiry so I made a written Freedom of Information Act request to the FRA for anything they had on it. I still didn't get much back but they had a few details that weren't in the web generated report. Somewhere on the site there are instructions for making a FOA request on a particular incident. Hope this helps.

Mike

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Washington IA wreck-MILW 1982	Steven D. Johnson	01-19-2010 - 22:12
Re: wreck-MILW 1982 more questions	Steven D. Johnson	01-19-2010 - 22:15
Re: wreck-MILW 1982 more questions	trainjunkie	01-20-2010 - 09:39
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trainjunkie Wrote:
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> The records in the various the FRA/DOT incident
> databases are definitely not complete but when I
> was searching through them for some WP stuff, I
> noticed that the WP reports were cataloged under
> WP's successor, UP. You might try looking under
> the Soo or even CP. Where exactly are you looking?
> I used these resources:
> 
> http://ntl1.specialcollection.net/scripts/ws.dll?w
> ebsearch&site=dot_railroads
> 
> http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publi
> csite/Query/incabbr.aspx
> 
> One fairly serious incident that I knew occurred
> had very little information available through the
> web inquiry so I made a written Freedom of
> Information Act request to the FRA for anything
> they had on it. I still didn't get much back but
> they had a few details that weren't in the web
> generated report. Somewhere on the site there are
> instructions for making a FOA request on a
> particular incident. Hope this helps.
> 
> Mike

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